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Greece Asks EU for Urgent Response to Soaring Power Prices, Letter Shows
Date: September 13, 2024
By Angeliki Koutantou and Kate Abnett ATHENS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greece’s prime minister has asked the EU to urgently respond to soaring power prices in central and eastern Europe, which Athens said are being exacerbated by Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. In a letter to the European Commission, seen by Reuters, Kyriakos Mitsotakis asked Brussels...
Italy Oyster Farmers Dream of Pearls From Warming Mediterranean
Date: September 10, 2024
GULF OF POETS, Italy – Pearls may soon be cultivated in European seas for the first time ever, as Italian oyster farmers seek to exploit an unexpected opportunity offered by the rapidly warming Mediterranean. In late 2023, the first specimens of Pinctada radiata, a pearl oyster native to the Red Sea, were spotted in the...
Maersk Says Ocean Shipping’s Zero-Emissions Push Needs Government Support
Date: August 29, 2024
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Alette Maersk was the first container vessel powered by low-carbon methanol fuel to cross the Pacific Ocean – a milestone in the shipping industry’s effort to reduce its climate impact. But when the 1,148-foot (350-meter) vessel arrived at the Port of Los Angeles from China last...
Climate Campaigners Take EU to Court Over 2030 Emissions-Cutting Rules
Date: August 27, 2024
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Environmental campaigners have taken the European Commission to court over its emissions rules for 2030, seeking a ruling from Europe’s second-highest court that would force the bloc to strengthen its climate policy, they said on Tuesday. In a case before the Court of Justice of the European Union’s General...
Aviation Regulators Press for Global Efforts to Tackle Turbulence
Date: August 26, 2024
By Allison Lampert and Maki Shiraki MONTREAL/TOKYO (Reuters) – Aviation officials from Asia are making a case for global action to reduce injuries from turbulence, with recent high-profile incidents driving calls to improve forecasting across borders at a Montreal gathering of regulators starting Monday. While turbulence does not frequently cause fatalities, it is the leading...
Floods Kill 13 in Indonesia’s North Maluku, Two Injured
Date: August 26, 2024
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Thirteen people were killed and two injured in Indonesia’s North Maluku province on Sunday after floods in the east of the sprawling archipelago, authorities said. The country’s disaster management agency BNPB said the floods, caused by heavy rain since Saturday, also badly damaged 10 houses in Ternate city. Citing forecasts that heavy...